Russell Lee
Russell Lee (* 21st July 1903 in Ottawa , Illinois ; † 28. August 1986 in Austin , Texas ) was an American chemist and photographer , who primarily as a photographer of the rural poor by 1935, and the working conditions of workers after the Second World War known has been.
Life
Russell Lee was a chemist from his training and headed an American chemical plant until 1929. From 1929 to 1935 he studied painting in San Francisco , Woodstock and New York City . From 1936 to 1942 Lee documented in Roy Stryker's team and on behalf of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) together with other photographers - including Ben Shan and Walker Evans - the American rural population and the impoverishment during and after the Great Depression . His documentaries about San Augustine , Texas , 1939 and Pie Town , New Mexico , 1940, became particularly well known .
After the Second World War, he documented working conditions in the American coal mines on behalf of the American government and produced photo reports on refineries in the USA, Italy and the Middle East on behalf of Standard Oil in New Jersey. Approximately 80,000 of these images were donated by the Exxon Corporation to the University of Louisville , Kentucky . In 1947 Lee went to Austin , Texas, and in 1965 became the first professor of photography at the University of Texas .
photos
General Store, Louisiana, 1938
Cajun fiddler
Resting farmer
Racially segregated institution, 1939
Former slave with slave horn
Llano de San Juan, New Mexico , 1940
Shepherd in Montana
US Airman
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lee, Russell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1986 |
| Place of death | Austin , Texas |